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President, LicuL-Col. W. Chester S. Mel-Inn Vice-President, .|. B. Burnett. FJ-L "are y, lJeuL-Col. D. A. MncKlnnoll. 0.8.0. gami- 1nd Mhhhnh; Director, J. n. nut-heat. IJ-l- Associate Editors. Frank Walker and Inn A. Burnett

SUBSCRIPTION BATES .7 u,“ u, p, 5, 1,, $4.00 per yen, $2.50 for l month! $1.25 m s Ilionlhfl. so» t»: one month- cny Dcllvery- $5.00 per vwf- 51°" 1°‘ 5 '“°""'"' .75 for 3 mull"!!- m Canada and U. S. A. U-W

Iuhu a P" ' . ..00 ye r, $1.00 for l Puga“ “Wkly fsillc finial-multimi-

‘Th; strongest M-efmory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

Tuvnsnav, AUGUST, I 1940 Britain Prepared

your. month!

Britain awaits the long-threatened Nazi in- vasion o; he, Shari-t- with serene confidence and

grim (lelCTllllflilllllll, {t would seem‘ that thlel fateful linlll‘ is Ilullll to strike. Italian as W6 as German iwrrw "III? .1~1""'i"5 wnh the "u" titres-are ~.-1i~l to be utn<<crl in huge "M11565 along the (haunt-l and North SP3 PO"? 0f com qucrcd liurope. That rlfllltlfillt‘ Prellamlmns have been going -\u f or wweks is a matter of gemfal kno“.lfli,_z,._ i .. mt“. i; evidence also that Hit. ler is znvare »-f thi- tb-qw-rzuc nature of his boast- ed \'(‘llllllt‘. ll.~ k1: .w< itiethitig already of the fighfing ,,,-.,,~,-y h; l‘. l1 plant's and battle-

siutps, 1. i... prtpai-hd t» pay theappalllng Pm‘ of a frnrttn] iggtgl; on tllilf brlStllflg Island {Oft- res; apfn-‘G the ll'1:'l'-;\\' sea? I

Three w .- flfl the Fascist press was ex- di-tg Imrpzirtttions for a vast

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Ax]; aeqitll.’ t". l!" 'u would be completed ‘vithin “a ,3“. ,i_,.4."_ esierilzty the same press asserted that wtr l"! 17113-11151 "cimnohbe Iightniug-lzlrv, <3 311d Pfmdermls- 1"“ the one :1 tins-t l? nee," but must be Oflc 0f

"constant lriuutieriiig and exhaustion.”

If the lam-r vriteutt-nt Iias any validity, it means that the “blitvlcrieg" has been called off. In any case, the clrillvrxgc of a fight to the fin- Ish has been aertpze? l1_\' the British people. An American corrt-.~;.on1l<11: is authority for the statement that a QPllPfIll order has been issued to the army, navy and air forces: “No prisoners, no quarter. no lIll'l'\'_\'.” From the same source comes s descripti-n of the tremendous prepar- ations made to meet an invasion. From Britain's Prime Minister ycstcrilav, however, came no dire threats or Ivords of blustcr; only the laconic assurance that “here in our Island home we are in .good health and in good heart."

I-Iis words remind one of the former Fnited States President! loft voice, but carry s big stick."

maxim of s “Talk in s

K11...‘ Wheat Processing Tax

By Imposing a processing tax of I5 cents It bushel on wheat milled into flour to assist in dc- fraying the farmers‘ wheat bonus the Canadian Government is aloptiug a. practice that was popular a few vr-ars aq» irith the American New Deal in its effort to ensure reasonable prices for agricultural produce. tailed upon to pay huge sums to the U. (lot-eminent which turned the money bztcl; to the farmers, the American processing couiiuuiies simply added the tax into the cost of tlu- article which the consumer ulti- mately pai-l. Tlteoretieally it appeared s good policy; in practice it was not entirely satisfac- tory, for, disquiu-tl though it was in the price of the article, it newt-tireless ivas just another tax upon every citizen for the benefit of one par- ticular class.

Concurrent with the announcement of the I5 cent per bushel ltllllCP~<lllg tax on wheat comes

the warning from [Iltt \\'11rtin1e Prices and Trade Board a; tlllzivya lIlIll baht-rs will not be per- mitted to add the t.'1\' into the price of the fin- ished product tbei- sell. The decision seems justi- fied in this Cilfl‘ 11s the quantity of flour requir- ed in the 1u:1uiiin.~i1ire bf a loaf of bread is but a very small put bi the total cost of the finished article, and the ll‘i‘lt‘ll t-lsl as a result of the tax is likely to be iitfitiitesitiial.

Though iu tlu. particular instance the con- sumer will Pwfilltt‘ the iuvideticc of this new im- post it trill, rt-umrh- a couteitiiiorary, be unfort- unate if the l1'>\‘('l'!‘.lll(llf ur anyone else seizes upon PTHCBF> g I'l.\'\'~‘ 11s the open sesame t0 re- venue by whit-Li <o:u<~ groups can be perman- ently bonused. 'l"..- t; (Pill 1.1x on the process- ing of \\’I'I".'II lllill llllll‘ is not a large one. lf it becomes gr i=1‘ an‘ l11‘.'1\_\' processing taxes are becomes grt-‘Iiir, or I!(‘.i\‘_'.' processing taxes are to prcvcut lltlllt biiuq int-sod on by the manu- facturcr [r1 the iltll~lllllt'l'.

whimihimhhiéiii Adjourn "t

Some time ago 'I|I‘ (‘uuscrvative leader in the House of thmmuiu, lion. llimljn. Ilanson, sug- gested that iu-uw-bl of :\u early prorogation of Parliament, 41- IIIIIIIIJIIVII by the Prune Min- ister, thert- shoubl b.- :1 pmtpoucment to enable

the House to met-t :i_g:iiu zit a11_\' time, if necessary, before the next ri-zjulzu" S(‘~.'~If>fl. This sug- gestion, which uu-t w iih 11o dircct reply from the Government, is now bring urged by the To- ronto Globe and .\l:1il, which says:

' "Before Pzrrliztiiieiit ])l">l’il1{ll(‘S it is important that consideration be given to the question as to when it shall assemble again. Ordinarily the members would not be stinuuonerl to Ottawa until next _la111l.'1r_v. I111 this is wartime and Can- Ida is confronted by grnver problems than she has evcr before I)l‘('ll called upon to solve.

“\Vithin the next few months questions will arise affecting the lives of hundreds of thous- ands of young Czutzuliaiis, and the measures which tnuy b.- Il.‘(‘t‘~<fll'_\’ are more likely to be accepted by a uuiteil nation if they have the etrtlursvtiou of l‘r1rli:uuei1t itistcatl of being spon- gored by a piriy (‘ribinct operating by Order-in- Council.

Th1- Ciovi-rnuunl, says III!‘ Globe and Mail, might In‘ well ilil\'l\l'll tn consider an adjournment of Parliament until some time in October, when the members could reassemble at Ottawa after

fifty days, as compared with two hundred d8,“ or more each year on which the British Parlia- ment sits. The House of Commons at West- ‘minstcr has been in session since the commence- ment of the war last September.

A Dire Possibility

Ottawa newspapers recently gave front page publicity to the invasion of a government build- ing on Wellington Street by a member 0f I116 skunk family. For three solid hours Mr_ Skunk sat composedly in s basement window, amusing himself by staring at the passers-by. In addition, he allowed his personality to distribute itself in the vicinity. He was finally dcspatched by an unidentified government employee, and the fun- eral was held under the auspices of the city com- plaints bureau.

But this is not all. The Ottawa papers quote an official of the National Museum staff as stating it is "fairly common for skunks to wander into the city." The official was himself "aware of 0n on the Driveway this morning."

"This news, coming on top of “fifth-column"

.warnings and what-not, makes one shudder for the safety of Parliament. Imagine one of those intruders gaining access to the Senate or the II-Iouse of Commons chamber during debate! .Picture the rush for the exits, and the difficulty which the Prime Minister himself would have in retaining his dignity. Not all alertness of the Defense Department could save the situation. Something, surely ought to be done to guard against an emergency of this kind.

- EDITORIAL NOTES a.

The Light Horse now go into camp for a

month. n- u n- o

“The million dollar rain" never fails

though our faith is sometimes sorely tried. It v v It

The Nazis have interned Col. Mary Booth in Belgium whore she was head of the Salvation Army. She is a granddaughter of the Old Gen- eral and founder of the S. A.

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Probably temporary lack of convoys has not a little to do with the decision to keep the C. A. S. F. at home meantime; but they will be all

the better prepared when the call comes. iv s "s u

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During the second quarter of I940 Canada shipped 17,681 head of cattle weighing 70o pounds or more, other than dairy cows, to the United States, or 34.1 per cent of the quarterly

allotment i I W I

Miss Agnes Macphail is to let the C. C. F. executive of Waterloo North know Monday whether she will accept their invitation to con- test the vacancy caused by the elevation of Hon. W. D. Euler to the Senate.

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In total C. A. S. F. enlistments from Sept. 1, I939 to July 1o, 1940 6th District, Hali- fax, which includes Prince Edward Island, comes second in all Canada, with 11,890. To- ronto was first with 24,496. .-\nd this does not include Naval e-rllistments which must have been considerable, judging by the number who‘ went from here.

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The Monkey-gland specialist Voronoff is com- ing to Canada as his laboratory in Menton France has bem dcstroycdiitl the Italian-French fighting. He says his rejuvenation system is now so improved that effects last I5 years instead of six years as formerly. If he gets suitable labora- tory accommodation and sufficient monkeys he plans proceeding to the States to settle.

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The National Housing Act which has made possible home ownership for thousands of Can- adians during the past three years will be c011- tinued unchanged according to Mr. F. W. Nichols, director of the National Housing Ad- ministration. Importance of home construction in Canada is f11lIy recognized by the Govern- ment, it is pointed out, and no steps will be taken to hinder building at this time. r: s: at w

Coulson Kemahan, novelist and critic, born this date I859. He was a strong supporter of Lord Roberts in his views on national defence. Some of his works -—“An Author in the Terri- toriaIs," "A Dead Man's Diary," "A Book of Strange Sins," "Scoundrels & Co.," "A World “'ithout,A,Child"; "The Child, the Wise Man, and the Devil": "Circumstances never made the man do right who didn't do right in spite of them."

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Major O. W. Campbell, who Premier Campbell, Hons. Messrs. Maclntyre and Cox to Amherst to inspect with Premier MacMilIsn of Nova Scotia, the North Nova Scotia and P.E.I. Regiment, reports that he

accotnpanied

fresh contacts with their constituents and be Nady for any t'lIlI-r_.t_'ei1t‘_\' that may arise. Actually Parliament has been sitting only-

was agreeably stirprised at the great efficiency shown by the Regiment. As an old infantryman himself he had particular pleasure in uratching the drill and march past and felt both officers and men were to be highly commended. Col_ W. Murdock in command of the unit deserves great credit for the progress made in the short period they have been in training. a e n e

It Is expected, or at all events, hoped, that Parliament will rise Saturday, the heat prov- ing too much for our legislators. According to a Press gallery representative. in the Govt-m- ment lobby panting members this week discussed a rumor that the chamber was actually air-con- ditioned. Like a lot of other parliamentary rumors there seemed little foundation for it, but Investigation by the reporter proved that it was true. Down in the stib-basement is a big air cool- ing room that was installed back in I9I9 before Canadians were air-conditioning conscious The air is taken from the courtyard, piped to the cool- er and then tn the Commotis chambers. Unfor- tunately the air in the courtyard is always 15 to 20 degrees hotter than ordinary free air 011t- side. Hence, with true parliaitncntary efficiency, the cooling plant manages to reduce it to normal temperature. The net result of the air-cnndition- Ing is that the House of Commons is almost as coobas. 1f the air came through an ordinary Yflllllfltlog system without cooling,

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THE CHARL

muss av THE WAY

Steady shipments of British mods continue to be received In the United States. to prove that, In spite of the dttftcultzes of a ruth- less war, the Old Country Is keep- ing ohln up and doing buszneis as usual. Another gratifying fact re- corded Ls that wrartlme frugalltlee have actually Improved L119 8's!!- eral health in the British Isles. - Montneal Gazette.

Americans new! Drone lo 181i of building a. two-ocean Navy as if It could be done with the wave of a hand and a vot-e 1n Congress. Flew have any idea what 11s con- struction and maintenance would cost. By the same token, com- paratively’ few Americans seem to realize what the British Navy has saved America during the past century and what its continued ex- 1stenc¢ means to the United States in terms of dollars and cents and physical safety today. -_ Christian science Monitor

The Journal suggests that the an voters’ list, prepared 8.

few months ago. could be used as a. chock on registration. This list is by no means accurate, but It. would be the most accurate guide available. With It as a guide, the registrar would quickly detect fail- ures to register, would be In posi-

tion to inform the proper local authorities. It would then be for the authorities to fmcl whether the iperson nct registering 1n his pal‘- tloular district had registered In some other or not at all. In the event, of non-registration, without reasonable cause, the law could then bake its course. And severely.

We shall never surrender. We shall never cease to fight. Brave words which we must swzftly, with all otu" hearts, with all our minds, with all o11r souls translate Into brave deeds. Examine yourselves. What. can you do_ what can you give t0 save XOIIFSPIVOG, your dear ones, your neighbors. and all right thinking txoples from slavery and chaos? What can you do. what

can you give to save them for democracy. decency justice and liberty‘? A thousand pounds? A

penny? A prayer? It. matters not. Sb long ns each of 11s does all and

gives all that. he can, the weight of it will overwhelm the tyrants and replacp KIT-Elli. by rzgiht. - Royal Gazette. Bcnnuda.

According tn thr- published story about the voyage 01' German p115- oners who arrived In Canada the other day, a source of annoyance to British SIIIIOFS was "the attitude of caste-ridden young German of- floerrs who strode along the mm- panlon-tvays dlstlallling to buflgg rcm the course even though It mean hardship to busv members of the ship's crew. After attempt- ing vainly to imagine that sort. of 1111118 occurring In reversed cir- cumstanccs. c119 is left to a choice of two conclusions: that thc Bri- tish merchant marine isn't what it used to be, or that something 1m- port-ant has bccn omitted from the

s’ol'.v as related. — “lrtodslock Sentinel-Returw

Tvhis is thr- time when every radio broad-casting station 1n the land shculcl lVt‘ u. llltt slipping

music of British composers. There should be X1) armistice cn such stuff as "mutt of Hope and Gloiy", "The British Gran-edicts", "We'll Never Let the Old Flag Fall.‘ and "The Navy,‘ It wouldn't be any harm occasionally to give 1B “Wee :1 Hundred Piper: and A‘ and A’—wc'll up and we'll gie ‘im blaw for blaw." Nothmtz is as good T01‘ m0ffl1e as something that will touch the scul, and we have lots of it on hand. - Trenton Coirrier Advocate.

The_Federal Government should prohibit. the manufacture, sale or mpcrtation of nll firearms except under the strictest govern/Inertial Supervision. How many people in Canada reallyr need rev-rivers or DISIOIS? Only a. very small pet-- “m-flgc; prnctimlly none but police officers. That remedy would not, work automatically and Immedi. ately to stomp out the {rem-m woumse. A few would stall be left 1n the possession oi’ persons not, entitled to them. but. as the amok; Vvere caughtr-thev always are roan. er or later-the illegal gllpply wautd in time reach the vanishing point, —Comwall Standard-Freeholder.

Mr. and Mr. J. K. II. P i' Hamilton, wcr: in Peterbtiroxirlglifgr a short. stay, No~thnt is not a Dcrsonal Item. but rather an nn- nouncement which takes u: back l1 80011 mflny Years to the customs 01' other tlmcs. Mr. and Mrs. Parry B" milking a tour and riding cm bltvcles. They have been east here as far as Gaitanoque and Sharbot Lake Thsv "do about so miles a day. Nor do they carry mueh equipment. They had their mp well mapped In advance. and to several points they had previously forwarded clean clothing, etc “ll-ten they now reach thPSe Fupplies they change and send the other apparel nomv-Pcteyrboroutrh Examiner. Th?‘ "uuu fellow" and the 1mg". cial fat boy“ are both taking a crack on the chin from severe tax. btton under the new Ralston war blldlgct. So what? Just this. More than ever will plain citizens be Imipatlen-t with unnceessary gov. ernmc-ntal extravagance, waste and "lmlnlwtence, “whether In the Do. minlon, Provincial, Municipal u!‘ School Board fields. With the citi. aens in a thoroughly critical mood toward politicians in genera] gnfl governments in articular, our pub- lic bodies had getter watch their step. Luxury spending i; 111?; uI-gohgipenggtirenmnmwvemrxntal fig have go‘ too-and that ul kl _ i .' Tribune. q c y wnmpo‘

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1t is averred-‘thnt |mu¢hgy_ mg. nosed mannequins are going out, of fashion and that the m-aldenywho mod women's clothes are going henceforth to be more the mm. fed, cllmpled. dtown-io-earth type. We're for that, We've always W511- defed Why all the model: whose Pfs We are In the fashion mata- zines, clrni in t-hc latest of modksh f-Ifvfmrel, always seem to be chosen from the anemic, oh-the-pain-of-it P011001. Their attitude is essrntlal- 1y alien to the sense of satisfac. "o" wad lav and wcllbeing with which the ave-vane woman tingles when she acquires a n-w (ti-ha; or a new hat. Aww, then, with the dlfiflnfnflll mannequin. before she cirltlvates in our conscimlsly well- clad vtrlves anti sisters and daugh- ters a simulation of ennui tin-t WOFIIII-WOSTITIGSS wh‘ch thev don't IP81)’ feel. —- Uinneapolu at,“ Journal. g

ETOWN CU ARDIAN

The Nazi Bluff

A Myth Exploded By ‘Runnymede!’

(Reprinted from “The Legionary," National magazine o1 the Can- adian Legion.)

(Continued)

WrIe-n om says that, one puts the finger on the whole difficulty In no: only the Mlled, but also the neutral countries. The Nazi success in the work of first administering an an- uesthetlc to the civil population for the Purpose of dulltng thetr under- standing of Germany's real Inten- tlon. and then of Innoculating them with the virus of defeatisrn, has been achieved principally becaus of the ignorance and the indiffer- ence of those amongst whom Lita Nazis have operated.

None of these people, and none of their governments, ever seem to have recognized, prior to the war, that they were being worked upon. That is not altogether surprising, because the success of the whole German effort was dependent uoou concealing from them Just that. very fact. The Nazis were greatly assisted, however, by. the pubiids attitude of mind.

Whenever any shadow of doubt did fall across these peoples they dispelled it wltth the indulgent for- mula-‘fjust. German propaganda." Everybody knew about Doktor Jo- seph Goebbels, the funny little man who has become somethlnz of n comic-strip character, God's gm, to newspaper cartconfsts and to the comers of wfsecraclts. No one both- ered much about the hokum he spilled. consequently no one made any attempt to analyse the subtle diameter or ascertain the sinister gurpose of this “German propagan-

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With the war nearly a year old, it ls not certain that even yet. the peoples of this continent realize that the Nazi emissaries In their midst are the advance wave of the most devastating and effective arm of the German war machine.

And so these forces of the “Fifth Column" are permitted to operate tit-bout hindrance, in advance of the inevitable armed clash, among those American peoples with which the Nazis continue to maintain l. pretence of peaceful relations.

What. different interpretation can be put on these Nazi activities, in the Jght of their origin and of the "mime!" in Whfdh they have been developed and employed? The Nazis have been aggressively tvriq- ms war against practically all the other nations of the worl:1—lnclud- lug Italy, the easiest and mrst spineless of Germany's victims-for many years. Th: tragedy is that those nations have been, and con- tlnue to be. L00 dllII-Wfllbed to know

The work of the "Fifth Cnfumn" and the results lit has achieved in collaboration with the other arms of the Nazi forces are a perfect pin. ture of co-ordlnafed effort exerted to the one end. Europe isnowa ne- cropolis of nations who had been equally blind. and who awakened to their peril when it. was too 1:120 ‘n those countries the under-ccver war was eventually followed by the open contact.

Everywhere the conquest by the prellmmnrv attacking wave, this film “Signed to the destruction of civilian morale. was rapid. What: additional work remained was com- pleted by the Nazi armed forces, chiefly by the air force in its bomb- ing and machine gunning of the cl- vilians, and by parachutlsts, with their treachery among the panic- stricken fugitives. The c0llap5e of the armed resistance followed. Just as the Nazis reckoned In advance that. It must inevitably follow. The tvhole story of "Germany's invincible might" ls wrapped up in that formula-“Break the spirit of the civilians} and you break heart of the soldiers."